United States urges Australia: Huawei equipment is not trusted for the construction of 5G networks

According to a report by VentureBeat, the United States urged Australia to avoid Huawei’s equipment when building its 5G network. Prior to the United States legislators and security agencies strongly blocked the United States several major carriers to form a partnership with Huawei. Now, on the issue of 5G security risks, the United States has extended its lobbying efforts to other countries.

The heads of the U.S. National Security Agency and the Homeland Security Administration briefed Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on “the United States’ concern over China’s participation in the 5G network construction,” including “possible security breaches Huawei may participate in.” “China’s implementation of cyber espionage is one of the two major hidden dangers on the U.S.-Australia cybersecurity agenda.” Huawei is closely linked with the Chinese government and allowing China to gain control of the 5G network will trigger China’s hidden danger of controlling “everything”.

 

US officials have long proclaimed that Huawei’s hardware may have a backdoor that allows the Chinese government to monitor user communications and ultimately control the 5G infrastructure. Despite numerous barriers to entry into the US market, Huawei has evolved into a leading telecommunications manufacturer worldwide and has partnered with many leading companies on mobile devices and standards.

For years, the Australian government has been cautious on Huawei. In 2012, Australia prohibited Huawei from bidding for the construction of a domestic high-speed broadband network. In 2013, Turnbull supported the reconsideration of the ban as Communications Minister, but the ban was later continued.

Although the government expressed concern, Huawei is still trying to enter the Australian market. Recently, Huawei has signed cooperation agreements with operators Austar and Vodafone. Last year, Huawei became a member of the 5G Working Group of the Australian Department of Communications. Orthodox this month promised to launch the first 5G service in Australia in early 2019 and will use some of Huawei’s equipment.

However, Huawei’s strong investment in 5G R & D has made it one of the leading telecom hardware companies in Europe, making Huawei a hard-to-ignore company.